lauramunden2001@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Sep 14, 4:16 pm, "J. J. Farrell" wrote:
>> Joe Feise (Immigration) wrote:
>>> lauramunden2...@yahoo.com wrote on 09/11/08 11:53:
>>>> On Sep 10, 8:46 pm, "P D Fritz" wrote:
>>>>> wrote in message
>>>>> news:19941142-e1c3-483a-876e-2afbbc9df4db@l33g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
>>>>> | hi
>>>>> | i came over here in 2001 with my 2 children to visit my boyfriend who
>>>>> | is a american by birth, we can on a visa waiver program from the uk.
>>>>> | well the story is we got married while i was here legally, and just
>>>>> | stayed on, now my oldest son has graduated school and my youngest has
>>>>> | just started high school, but we have done nothing legally to change
>>>>> | our status, so in effect we are here illegally but came into the
>>>>> | country legally, what do i do now, my son wants to work but hasn't got
>>>>> | a ssn etc, and some of the info i have received i will have to leave
>>>>> | the us and start the process from the uk, my kids really only have
>>>>> | known living here, and i can't take them out of the country, and it
>>>>> | just seems to expensive all the paper work to do, is there a easy way
>>>>> | of doing it or do i have to try and find about $6000 to make us legal.
>>>>> | thanks for any input
>>>>> I know this will not solve anything but had your husband filed the petition
>>>>> as soon as you two got married you could have possibly been a US citizen by
>>>>> now. Back in 2002 the fees were a lot cheaper too.
>>>>> Ignoring the law or not taking it seriously can have difficult consequences.
>>>> I don't want to change my citizenship i just want to change my status,
>>>> i love living here but i don't want to give up my british passport, it
>>>> just seems strange that i'm from a country that is the US best ally
>>>> and friend, and they are making it so hard and difficult and
>>>> expensive, but they have no problem letting people in from the middle
>>>> east etc and just give them everything
>>> You know, that attitude of yours is disturbing.
>>> What makes you a better person than people from the Middle East???
>>> Just a reminder to your ilk, the so-called shoe-bomber Richard Reid was from
>>> your country, with a British passport.
>>> You are no better than any other foreigner, even if you happen to speak the same
>>> language.
>>> Geez, that there are still snotty Brits around...
>>> Now get an education. We don't need any more bigoted idiots here.
>>> *PLONK!*
>> Yes; an intriguing attitude, and embarrassing rather than
>> representative. The people who get let in (and certainly not without
>> problems) are those who obey the law; those who break the law and become
>> illegal immigrants like the original poster are bound to find it more
>> difficult, and should be grateful if they're allowed to get legal at all.
>
> you have just shown how ignorant and self righteous the americans
> THINK they are, you make such a great big deal about being the
> greatest country in the world, everyone of you in this country is an
> immigrant,
You appear to think that I'm an American. I've no idea why.
> at least i come from a country where they are proud of
> their education, how dare you say that i have none,
I said nothing of the kind.
> you have no idea about me or my education,
That's one reason I said nothing about it. I'd expect it to be fairly
good if you got it in Britain.
> and i came here legally, i did not enter
> this great country of yours illegally,
Based on what you've said here, and assuming you really had no intention
whatsoever of staying when you entered, that's clearly true. You broke
USA Federal law and became an illegal immigrant when you overstayed your
admission period.
> it is you who has an attitude problem,
That's a matter of opinion.
> and you who is embarrassing,
I don't believe so. I'm not the one who's living illegally in the USA
yet whining about the USA making it "so hard and difficult and
expensive" for you; I'm not the one who's suggesting you should get some
special treatment because you're British; I'm not the one who's
suggesting that a Briton in the USA illegally should be treated better
than people "from the middle east etc"; I'm not the one making
ridiculous claims that the USA is "letting people in from the middle
east etc and just give them everything". You certainly embarrass me, and
I suspect most Britons would be embarrassed if people were to think that
your views and approach are typical of Britons.
> what is wrong with me not wanting to change my british passport,
Nothing whatsoever.
> i'm proud of being british
> (scottish actually) and with all the travels that i have made and i
> have made many, i think i am quite right keeping my passport as the
> british are definately more welcome around this world than americans
> are, and i am certainly not a bigoted idiot,
In that case I suggest you stop saying things which suggest you are bigoted.
> it is people like you
> who give america such a bad name and reputation,
I can't imagine how.
> and unfortunately if
> you think that i am not a representative of what immigrants are
> talking about and thinking then you are very sadly wrong.
On the contrary, I know that the views and manner you exhibit here are
not shared by Britons in general, by British immigrants to the USA, or
by immigrants to the USA in general.
> Your whole
> country is made up of immigrants,
All countries bar one are made up of immigrants in your sense.
> so what makes you any better than me
I've no idea whether or not I am. I try not to be bigoted; I try not to
whine if other people don't choose to go out of their way to make things
easy for me; if I'm a guest somewhere, I do my best to follow the host's
rules and not abuse the hospitality; I don't believe my nationality
makes me superior to people from other nations or more worthy of favours
when I'm abroad; were I to choose to break the law, I'd try to put up
with any inconveniences which my choice caused for me and not whine
about it. I probably fail frequently on all counts. |